Dress-skirt attachment.



M. S. COLE.

DRESS SKIRT ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6. I914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL S. COLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented new and useful Improvements in Dress-Skirt Attachments, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an attachment for dress skirts, its objectbeing to provide a device which may be applied to a belt about thewaistband of a dress skirt, whereby suitable means may be employed forholding the lower edge of the skirt elevated or for supporting achatelaine, pocket book or other article from the device.

A further object of the invention is to provide an article of thecharacter described which is simple of construction, may be made asornamental as desired in appearance, and conveniently applied andremoved.

The invention consists of the features of construction, combination andarrangement of parts herein fully described and claimed, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is an outerelevational View showing the application of the invention.

Fig. 2 is an inner elevational view of the belt, showing the deviceapplied.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the device.

Fig. 4 is a rear perspective View showing the spring arms of the clampreleased and swung outwardly to disengaging position.

The device comprises a supporting member 1 formed from metal, anddesigned to be fastened to an outside belt 2 outside the Waist band 3 ofa dress skirt by means of a spring clamp 4, preferably formed of springwire. This clamp 4 is approximately U- shaped or bail-shaped andcomprises a pair of spring arms 5 connected at one end by a cross piece6, said arms having at their free ends inturned locking portions 7. Thecross portion 6 of the clamp extends through and is pivotally mounted ina tubular knuckle 8 formed upon or secured to the plate member 1, whilethe inturned locking portions 7 are adapted to engage the opposite endsof a tubular keeper member 9 also formed upon or secured to sald member1.

Specification of Letters Patent.

MICHAEL S. COLE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DRESS-SKIRT ATTACHMENT.

Patented July 10, 1917.

Application filed November 6, 1914. Serial No. 870,668. 7

If desired, the keeper member 9 may be in the form of independentkeepers, as will be readily understood. It will be seen from theforegoing that the arms 5 are adapted to engage and clamp the belt 2against the mem ber 1, whereby the member 1 is detachably secured to thebelt against any possibility of displacement. By their spring action thearms 5 may be spread to release the locking portions 7 from the keeper9, allowing the clamp to be swung outwardly to a releasing position, asillustrated in Fig. 4, so that the device may be removed from the belt.

The device may be employed for support ing a chatelaine, pocket book, orskirt lifting or supporting element. To this end I provide a suspensionmember 10 which is mounted upon the member 1 for swinging movement,preferably by employing a pin or rivet 11 which is passed through themember 10 into the member 1. The member 10 carries a snap stud or socket12 to receive a snap socket or stud 13 on the article to be suspendedfrom the member 10. This article may be a chatelaine, pocket book, or askirt supporting element. In the present instance I have shown a skirtsupporting tape or strip 14 provided at its lower end with a clasp orfastening member 15 to engage the skirt, by which the lower edge of theskirt may be held elevated to the desired extent, as will be readilyunderstood.

What is claimed is A device of the character described comprising asupporting member, a tubular keeper member upon the rear portionthereof, a tubular knuckle upon the supporting member above the keeper,a bail-shaped spring wire clamp having its cross portlon pivotallyengaging said knuckle and having its spring arms converging in adirection toward the keeper and provided with inturned projections toenter the opposite ends thereof, and means for connecting saidsupporting member with an element to be supported thereby.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

A. J. BRENNEN, GEORGE REED.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G.

